Results 13,481-13,500 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Order of Business. (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I cannot and will not interfere in the ordering of the Seanad's business.
- Order of Business. (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: No, I cannot. I cannot mislead this House.
- Order of Business. (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Yes.
- Order of Business. (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am afraid I must revert to the Deputy in this regard.
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In line with the requirements of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and Department of Finance FÃS discontinued funding for the Carrick-on-Suir Jobs Club on 21st November 2008 because it was unable to achieve the nationally agreed targets set up for these programmes. The two staff members were consequently entitled to a redundancy payment. The amount for both staff members...
- Written Answers — Third Level Qualifications: Third Level Qualifications (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The National Craft Certificate is an award at Level 6 of the national framework of qualifications. It is designed to prepare apprentices for employment in a range of trades such as aircraft mechanic, plumber, electrician, joiner etc. It usually consists of seven phases over a four year period incorporating placement with industry, training with FAS, and study in the Institutes of Technology....
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 500 and 535 together. The Deputy will be aware that all primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS), or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA), full details of which are on the Department's website. Where there is no...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: FÃS training courses are open to all unemployed persons. However, if a participant is not entitled to a benefit from the Department of Social Protection at the commencement of the course then he/she would not receive a FÃS training allowance. FÃS liaises closely with the Department of Social Protection in relation to entitlements and conditions with regard to social welfare supports and a...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Work Placement Programme provides up to 9 months work experience for up to 2,000 unemployed individuals, including graduates. To date 136 clients have applied for vacancies advertised under the Work Placement Programme in Waterford City. Out of the 136 applicants, 21 have started positions with companies under the programme. Currently, there are 16 vacancies available to be filled under...
- Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey or QNHS and published by the Central Statistics Office. It does not provide data on particular counties but only on Regions. Employment in the South East Region, which includes Waterford, has decreased by 9,600 while unemployment has also increased by 24,900 in the period Quarter 4 2006 to Quarter 4 2009 (September-November)....
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 504 and 505 together. I am advised by FÃS that 755 National Employment Action Plan clients in Waterford City received an offer of training during 2009.To date in 2010, 399 National Employment Action Plan clients in Waterford City have received an offer of training. I am advised by FÃS that 158 National Employment Action Plan clients in Waterford City were...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Further to the answer given by my colleague the Minister for Labour Affairs and Public Service Transformation to the Deputy on 27 April 2010, I can confirm that my Department is considering with FÃS the implications of the Labour Court recommendation.
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine and to...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I wish to confirm for the Deputy that the qualifying criteria for pupil enrolment in specific learning disability (SLD) special classes has not changed. The enrolment of a child in such classes is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of the school concerned. Schools are required to observe Department policy in enrolling children in these...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school to which she refers was recently approved for funding for the provision of additional accommodation for two Mainstream Classrooms.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The general allocation model was introduced in primary schools in September 2005 to ensure that each school has learning support/resource teaching support available to meet the needs of children with high incidence special educational needs. The allocation system under the general allocation model was linked to the school's enrolment in 2005 and it was decided not to review this aspect until...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Work Placement Programme provides up to 9 months work experience for 2,000 unemployed individuals. The fact that a person is participating in the Programme does not in itself affect their social welfare entitlements.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. The issue of the duration of the staffing moratorium with regard to those agencies under the aegis of my Department is being addressed in the context of the employment control frameworks being put in place across the public service. Agency Name WTE No's WTE No's Comment End 2008 Qtr 1 2010 Commission to Inquire into...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 514 and 513 together. Public service pay is a huge element of public expenditure and the total bill is determined by the number of public servants and the pay rates payable to them. The moratorium which was introduced in March 2009 is a key control measure aimed at reducing the number of public servants. The duration of the moratorium will be a matter for...
- Written Answers — Third Level Staff: Third Level Staff (18 May 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 516 together. The total number of whole time equivalent staff employed in third level institutions at 31 December, 2008 was 21,149. It is estimated that at 31 March, 2010 the number employed was 20084 whole time equivalents. Disaggregated data on the number of lecturers that are included in these figures are not available in my Department. However the...